OREGON LAWS
Community Alliance of Tenants
http://www.oregoncat.org/html/tenant_education.html
Information regarding your rights as a tenant in Oregon.
Oregon Law Help
http://www.oregonlawhelp.org/OR/index.cfm
General information regarding protection from abuse, elder law, family law
cases, consumer law, and other issues. Information available in both
Spanish and English.
Department of Justice Child Support Calculator
http://www.dcs.state.or.us/calculator/
Allows individuals to calculate child support.
Oregon Courts – Oregon Judicial Department
http://www.ojd.state.or.us/index.htm
From this website you can access family law forms, courts, and rules.
Oregon State Bar
http://www.osbar.org/index.html
Information regarding obtaining an attorney in Oregon and general information
on Oregon laws.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO)
http://www.lawhelp.org/program/694/index.cfm
LASO is a non-profit organization that provides representation on civil cases
to low-income clients.
Lewis and Clark Law School Legal Clinic
http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/socialservices/rguide/info0758aa.html
Cases are handled by Clark Law School students. Assistance is provided
in the following areas only: Chapter 7 bankruptcy, child support modifications,
unemployment compensation hearings, expungements, eviction hearings, some
consumer issues and Family Abuse Restraining Orders. Represents individuals
only in Multnomah County and unemployment and administrative child support
hearings in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties.
Oregon Law Center
http://www.oregonlawcenter.org/
Provides access to justice for low income Oregonians.
WASHINGTON LAWS
Washington Law Help
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA/index.cfm
Information regarding protection from abuse, elder law, family law cases,
consumer law, and other issues. Information available in both Spanish
and English.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Child Support
Calculator
http://www.courts.wa.gov/ssgen/
Allows individuals to calculate child support.
Northwest Women’s Law Center
http://www.nwwlc.org/
Self-help information available on a wide array of legal issues.
USEFUL PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
Ombuds Office
http://www.ombuds.pdx.edu
An Ombuds can help you deal with problems you might have with the University. They
are there to provide an informal means of problem resolution if you have
a University-related dispute.
Student Center for Conflict Resolution
http://www.scdr.pdx.edu/
SCDR offers free and productive conflict resolution strategies for PSU students
who are facing interpersonal conflict.
Dean of Students
http://www.pdx.edu/dos/dos_mission_values_statement.html
Women’s Resource Center
http://wrc.pdx.edu/
Student Health and Counseling Services
http://www.shac.pdx.edu/
OTHER LAW RELATED SITES
Civil Rights:
American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/
Consumer Law:
Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/consumer.shtm
Information regarding consumer rights including protecting yourself from
identity theft.
Washington State Attorney General’s Office
http://www.atg.wa.gov/
Information on consumer rights in the State of Washington.
Oregon Department of Justice, Consumer Protection
http://www.doj.state.or.us/finfraud/index.shtml
Information on your rights as a consumer in the State of Oregon.
U.S. Consumer Safety Protection Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Information regarding product recalls and how to report product safety issues.
Debts and Bankruptcy:
American Bankruptcy Institute
http://www.abiworld.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
Disability Law:
U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Employment Law
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/
Information on filing a complaint against your employer for workplace violations.
U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/
Important information on your Federal rights as an employee.
Benefits Link
http://benefitslink.com/index.html
A reference library of federal government documents on employee benefits
plans, question-and-answer columns, and a keyword search engine for federal
regulations.
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/
Federation of labor organizations. Information about your rights as
an employee.
Family Law
Parenting Time Planning Guide
http://www.ojd.state.or.us/osca/cpsd/courtimprovement/familylaw/parentingplan.htm
Information on developing a parenting time plan for parents. Information
available in both Spanish and English.
Miscellaneous Links
Lewis and Clark College Law Library
http://lawlib.lclark.edu/index.php
University of Oregon School of Law
http://www.law.uoregon.edu/
Willamette University College of Law
http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/
Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
Resource as a starting point for legal research on the web.
Lawguru
http://www.lawguru.com/
Resource for general legal information.
Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Resource for information about federal and state law.
Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center
http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm
Maintains a website with answers to many legal questions pertaining to everyday
situations.
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/
A searchable database of Federal information and resources.
